Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-23
entertainments.

| Mckee Rankin is the attraction at this
| opera house next week, commencing Monday
! evening. 1t will be his first appearance here
| in five years after prolonged absence in
California Manager Wallis new ''Lenten
prices'' of so cents for the best reserved seats
goes into effect with the Rankin engagement
and is likely to meet with popular response
BUNNELL's GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Miss Claire Scott, the noted young Eng
lish actress, is drawing crowded houses at
Bunnells at each performance. Last even
ing ''standing room only" was displayed.
The play will be repeated this afternoon and
evening and Saturday afternoon. 1t is elab-
orately presented throughout. Miss Scott is
ably supported by S. K. Coburn and COM
petent company. The costumes and scenery
are very elegant and appropriate. In the
lower hall are the bicycling and skating won
ders, besides punch and judy.
THE MONTAGUE CONCERT
The concert to be given by Miss Annis
Montague takes place at Trinity Methodist
church tonight, land will no doubt be agrand
success. Miss Montague has been the racip-
lent of marked attention in every city where
she has appeared, and the press has spoken
vero highly of her. She will be assisted by Miss
Allie Torbett, Carl Steinbuch and Carries
Turner, who are all musical artists of great
talent. Professor Ensign, the organist of the
church, will also take prominent place on
the excellently arranged programme. The
concert will be one of the best of the season
in every particular, and no doubt the church
will be filed to overlooking. The tickets
have nearly all been disposed of, but few
good seats still remain.
LIZZIE EVANS.
There was large audience at the New
Haven Opera House last evening to see Miss
Lizzie Evans in her new play t'Sea Sands"
AS previously announced, about two hundred
members of the freshman class of Yale uni
versity were present and occupied the first
seven rows of chairs in the parquet and three
private boxes. They ali carried Changers"
by the aid of which they kept time for the
orchestra. When Mr.. Steve Cory, as f'Tom
Bagless," appeared on the Usage in boat on
which was displayed a Yale blue banner
bearing the inscription 1888 ST." there was
the widest enthusiasm All the Scientific
| freshmen jumped to their feet, waved their
| Dangers above their heads and gave Fsthree
| times three for 49," Both the academic and
| scientific freshmen had made application to
| Manager Wall to be allowed to display their
| class flag in some conspicuous part of the
theater. Mr.. Wall very politely but firmly
| refused these requests on the ground that
| such display might cause disturbance dur
| ing the performance. But a worldly-wise
| Scientific freshman was too much for the
| vigilance of Mr.. Wall. A short time before
| the performance commenced a young man
| appeared at the stage entrance and applied to
| the stage carpenter for position super
| numerary The stage carpenter suspecting
| nothing accepted the offered services and
| admitted the applicant to the stage. Once
| on the stage the youth sought the property
| man and made the necessary financial ar
| rangements with him to secure the public
| appearance of the flag. During the first two
| acts of the play the students furnished a
| large share of the dialogue and their com
| ments upon some of the actors were more
| loud and frequent than elegant. Both the
performers and the audience, however, seemed
| to enjoy these Interruptions. Once when
| they became a trife too boisterous a
| word or two from Miss Evans at once qui-
eted the disturbance. The enthusiasm reached
| its height when Steve Corey sang his new
song IT haven't for long time now He
| received half dozen encores, and after each
/ of the last two verses the students joined in
| the chorus. It was noisy crowd but the
| impression was made that students are not
| half as bad as they used to be. 1t would be
unfair to judge the play by last evenings
| performance. 1t is a very pretty little come.
| dy drama and is just what Miss Evans
| needs for her stvle of acting. All
| the company deserve medals for thei1
| bravery, perseverance and good temper they
exhibited in playing the piece well as they
| did. 1t may be that some Of the older mem
bers of the troupe have played to noisier au-
| dienees, but it is safe to say in the words of
| the song that they haven't for a long time,
| now"